Nate Berkus interviews Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey smiles as she listens to remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama as the president and First Lady Michelle Obama host the 2010 Kennedy Center Honorees at a reception in the East Room of the White House before going to the Kennedy Center on December 5, 2010. The recipients for the 33rd annual awards are singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey. UPI/Gary Fabiano/Pool | License Photo

MONTECITO, Calif., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. media mogul Oprah Winfrey was interviewed by her former protege for an episode of "The Nate Berkus Show" set to air next week.

The syndicated show's producers said Winfrey gave the designer and TV personality an intimate tour of the tea house, lavender field and rose garden at her Montecito, Calif. home. She also sat for an interview with Berkus to air Tuesday.

"Well this is a new day, you interviewing me … . How weird is this?" Winfrey said during their sit-down chat.

Berkus was a frequent guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" before he started up his own series, which is co-produced by Winfrey's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television, last year.